Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
Fluid Dynamics and Mixing is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 11.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on bioreactor scale-up, oxygen transfer, and mixing efficiency in microbial processes. It covers topics such as bubble column reactors, CFD simulation, fungal morphology, and mass transfer coefficients in turbulent flows.
- Bioreactor
- Scale-up
- Oxygen Transfer
- Microbial Processes
- Bubble Column Reactors
- Mixing Efficiency
- CFD Simulation
- Fungal Morphology
- Mass Transfer Coefficients
- Turbulent Flows
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +17% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fluid Dynamics and Mixing research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 281 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 United States 281 works
- 3 India 185 works
- 4 Germany 161 works
- 5 Japan 143 works
- 6 France 126 works
- 7 Russia 124 works
- 8 United Kingdom 95 works
- 9 Canada 76 works
- 10 Brazil 71 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Fluid Dynamics and Mixing research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tianjin University publishes the most Fluid Dynamics and Mixing research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tianjin UniversityChina 70 works
- 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 45 works
- 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 44 works
- 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 34 works
- 5 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 28 works
- 6 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 28 works
- 7 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 27 works
- 8 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfGermany 23 works
- 9 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 23 works
- 10 Chongqing UniversityChina 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fluid Dynamics and Mixing?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fluid Dynamics and Mixing include Issam Mudawar, Aibing Yu and Yusuf Chisti.
- 1 Issam Mudawar United States 2.4k citations
- 2 Aibing Yu Australia 2.2k citations
- 3 Yusuf Chisti New Zealand 2.2k citations
- 4 Howard A. Stone United States 2.1k citations
- 5 Jacob A. Moulijn Netherlands 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fluid Dynamics and Mixing research done?
The largest centres of Fluid Dynamics and Mixing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tianjin (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dresden and Xuzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- DresdenDE · 37.7 works13×
- XuzhouCN · 28.7 works9.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fluid Dynamics and Mixing than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fluid Dynamics and Mixing?
Among universities, judged by research, City University of Hong Kong, Xi'an Jiaotong University and China University of Mining and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong | 69.2 | 14.2% | 9.9× | 19 | — |
| 2 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 65.1 | 15.2% | 8.5× | 44 | +34.9% |
| 3 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 63.8 | 10.7% | 10.9× | 28 | +134.4% |
| 4 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia | 63.6 | 20.7% | 9.4× | 11 | -15.6% |
| 5 | University of LimerickIreland | 58.3 | 18.1% | 15.6× | 8 | -20.9% |
| 6 | Tianjin UniversityChina | 57.0 | 5.2% | 18.3× | 70 | -1.1% |
| 7 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 56.9 | 9.3% | 17.7× | 27 | +56.6% |
| 8 | University of TulsaUnited States | 56.8 | 12.5% | 60.3× | 11 | +101.7% |
| 9 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 55.4 | 13.5% | 13.6× | 23 | -41.7% |
| 10 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 53.8 | 12.2% | 6.5× | 45 | +3.7% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Fluid Dynamics and Mixing research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Fluid Dynamics and Mixing.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.